Congress · 119th Congress
Court ruling puts federal revenue forecast on shaky ground
And after accounting for slower economic growth, the net revenue haul would shrink to $1 trillion.
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Congress · 119th Congress
Zero-dollar premiums sticking point in Senate health talks
↵↵"It's an example that the No. 1 issue today is affordability, and nobody has really walked through what it's going to mean for those 8 million people," Wyden said, referring to an early estimate of how
Congress · 118th Congress
Manchin pushes stricter electric vehicle credit rules
Manchin’s new bill would retroactively put into effect battery and critical mineral sourcing mandates starting from Jan. 1 of this year, rather than giving leeway until Treasury produces guidance
Congress · 117th Congress
Graves plans aggressive oversight as transportation panel chairman
In a November letter to Amtrak, Graves demanded a staff briefing on Amtrak awarding executive annual bonuses of $200,000 despite the corporation’s adjusted operating earnings being negative $1 billion
Congress · 117th Congress
Manchin unveils permitting proposal as battle lines harden
Schumer, D-N.Y., has pledged to include the legislation in a continuing resolution needed to fund the federal government before the beginning of fiscal 2023 on Oct. 1.
Congress · 117th Congress
Debate begins on massive budget package; ‘vote-a-rama’ awaits
A 1 percent tax on what companies spend on stock buybacks was added in to boost revenue, with higher taxes on a form of pay for investment fund managers, “carried interest,” out due to Sinema.
Policy · 117th Congress
Changes mulled to sweeping budget package as debate nears
Separately, CNN reported that Sinema has sent signals to the business community that she may want to pare back a 15 percent corporate minimum tax on businesses that report $1 billion or more in income
Congress · 117th Congress
House Democrats add child nutrition to legislative menu
If approved, the changes would take effect after July 1, 2023.
Congress · 117th Congress
Reconciliation talks complicated by ‘SALT’ tax hurdle
Their negotiations have focused on a package that would raise roughly $1 trillion in revenue, with half to offset spending initiatives on climate and potentially health care and the other half for deficit
Congress · 117th Congress
Bipartisan crypto bill outlines regulatory, tax framework
The drop in value of some cryptocurrencies in May, including the algorithmic stablecoin Terra, which lost its $1 peg, was followed by dips in other cryptocurrencies including bitcoin and Tether.
Policy · 117th Congress
Most Americans have COVID-19 antibodies as case numbers rise
The original omicron variant, BA.1, now only makes up 3 percent of sequenced cases, and the more transmissible BA.2 makes up 68 percent of circulating cases.
Congress · 117th Congress
With Senate readying vote on insulin bill, advocates seek changes
and hopefully we can make it so that it’s going to have the biggest impact for the most people,” said Shaina Kasper, policy manager for T1International, a nonprofit that advocates for people with Type 1
Congress · 117th Congress
Pelosi dismisses gas tax hiatus, says consumers wouldn’t benefit
a group of six Senate Democrats — four seeking reelection — who last month introduced a bill to cut the excise tax on gasoline produced, imported or sold from 18.4 cents per gallon to zero until Jan. 1,
Congress · 117th Congress
Major corporations make last-ditch push for R&D tax break
Before Jan. 1, companies could deduct what they spent on research and development immediately from their taxable income.
Congress · 117th Congress
Minimum wage push spices up restaurant aid debate
An estimated 1 million workers have left the restaurant industry since the COVID-19 pandemic began in 2020, and higher wages will be required to bring them back, said Saru Jayaraman, president of
Congress · 117th Congress
House competition bill includes more trade aid for workers
The program reverted to one with fewer benefits and limited to workers in manufacturing on July 1, 2021, after Democrats and Republicans could not agree on an extension.
Congress · 117th Congress
Budget bill delay, changes offer potential tax increase reprieve
Some of the biggest taxes would kick in right away on Jan. 1, 2022, under the bill.
Congress · 117th Congress
Congress weighs import ban on goods from China’s Uyghur region
Estimates of the number of people forced into the camps range from 1 million to 1.8 million, according to a June issue brief from the Congressional Research Service.
Policy · 117th Congress
Biden to stay with Powell as Fed chairman
Corrected 1:39 p.m. | President Joe Biden said Monday he plans to stick with Jerome Powell as Federal Reserve chair, supporting continuity in leadership as annual inflation topped 6 percent last month
Congress · 117th Congress
House sends infrastructure bill to Biden without budget vote
Malinowski, who had originally backed a more sweeping infrastructure bill that passed the House July 1, said while the bill “may not give us everything we wanted, it does give us everything we need